Washington (CNN) Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said Sunday that President Donald Trump denying in a tweet he was briefed on intelligence that Russians had tried to bribe Taliban fighters to kill US troops shows Trump's "fundamental focus" is not on the United States' national security. So he's saying well nobody told me therefore you can't blame me," Bolton told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union." It's to say it's not my responsibility, nobody told me about it," Bolton said. The comments from Bolton add to a growing list of critiques the former Trump aide has made in recent days. Bolton, who has authored a book highly critical of Trump and his administration, told Tapper that the President's denial on Sunday "is part of the problem with Trump's ... decision-making in the national security space.

Source: CNN June 28, 2020 13:52 UTC